Radiator hanger



J. W. MOORE,

' RADIATOR HANGER.

APPLIcATmNv FILED ocT. s, 1921.

Patented Aug. 15

.IOHN w. MOORE, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR HANGER.

T0 all whom t may conce-fm:

Be it known that 1, JOHN lV. Moonn, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the `county of TWayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Radiator Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

VThis invention relates to radiator hangers, and my invention aims to provide a hanger that maybe adjustably connected to a wall or other support to adjustably hold various sizes and styles of radiators or heating devices. One or more hangers may be employed for supporting a radiator in parallelism with a wall and the hanger is invisible to that extent that the design or appearance of the radiator is not marred or detracted from by the hanger.

My invention further aims to provide a radiator hanger having novel adjustments and parts which are constructed with a viewL of reducing the cost of manufacture andy at the saine time retainthose features by which the adjustments may be easily made, a radia-` tor safely supported, and a radiator quicklydemounted should occasi n so require. i

rIlhe construction entering into my invention will be hereinafter described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing7 wherein l v Figure 1 is a side elevation of the radiator hanger, partly broken away and partly in section, showing one form of radiator on the hanger;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the,` same; Fig. 3 is a plan of the hanger and radiator; 1

Fig. i is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line VV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a radiator hanger supporting another type of radiator which necessitates a slight change in a portion of the hanger, and

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the same with the radiator broken away to show a portion of the hanger.

The radiator hanger comprises a substantially channel shaped wall bracket 1 having horizontal upper and lower walls 2 and 3 respectively and end flanges 4 which are provided with transverse slots 5 adapted to receive screw bolts 6 or other fastening Specification of Letters laten't.

. ing connections with said radiator.

have its rear edge means so that the bracket 1 to a wall or- Other support. `The slots v5k will .Patenten Aug. i5; i922.. Application filed October 3, 1921. Serial No. 505,026."l p

may be attached y' permit of lateral or `sidewise adjustment' of the [bracket so that said bracket may be corpositioned relative to the columns rectlyv y of a radiator to permit of said radiatorbe'- ing supported without any strain on plumb' hereinafter appear, it `is necessary As willH that the l bracket 1 vhave a defined relation to thevv columns ofthe radiator vin order that fastening 'devices of the bracket'may extend'be#l Yi' f tween the columns of the radiator..

The walls 2 and 3 of the bracket 1-are slotted, as at 8, and suspended from the top wall Zand extending through member 9 in the form of aybolt 'which `has a head 10 engaging the `upper face of the' wall 2 and yits' threaded" end" extending through the wall 3.

i the` not ve 'ff in the wall 3 is `an vadjustable suspension Loose on the threaded-endfof the suspen- 'l sion member 9 is the barrel llo'f afhook shaped support 12", said support being in the form of a blade which is slidable in. a vertical slot 13 provided-therefor in the ylower portion ofthe bracket l nicating with the slot 8 ofthe as shown in Figs. and 5.

The blade 12 is adapted toextend `between `columns of the radiator 7 so that connecting portions 1e may rest onthe hook As shown in Fig. 1 the of the radiator columns shaped support. radiator is of such construction that twol of its columns may bear against the bracket 1 with the connecting portions of the columns resting on the hook `shaped support. This is also true in connection with the radiator shown in Figs. 6 and 7 but here it is necessary to make the hook shaped support more pronounced as to a hook shaped configuration in order that the support may engage under the bottom header 15 of the radiator while one or more columns thereof bears against the bracket 1. l

The blade ofthe support 12 may readily rolled to provide a barrel or sleeve 11 and this barrel, adjacent its upper end, has a transverse slot 16 providing clearance for a nut 17` screwed on the thread.` edend of the suspension member 9. The nut is preferably rectangular so that a facet thereof may bear against the bracket 1 vand prevent rotation of the nut while the radiator is being supported and the facet ofthe nut may cooperate with the barrel 11 in bracing lor the radiator.

the support 12 relative to the wall bracket 1. lt is through the medium of the nut 17 that the support 12 may be raised or lowered on the suspension memberI `9 to support the radiator at a desired elevation relative to the wall bracket, and in some instances the nut 17 may engage the lower wall 3 and the head 10 of the suspension member@ engage the upper wall 2, thus permit-ting of the nut and head assisting in supportingthe weight The slots S in the walls 2 and 3 may permit of the radiator being shifted to andv from the bracket 1 and supported perfectly plumb relative to any wall or support that may be out of plumb.

Adjacent the upper end of the bracket 1 is a rectangular opening for the rectangular portion 18 of a tie rod 19, said tie rod having a head against the rear :tace of the bracket 1 and the rectangular portion of the tie rodk prevents rotation thereof relative to the bracket. The tie rod 19 is adapted to extend between the same columns of the radiator, between which the hook shaped support 12 extends, and on the front end of the tie rod 19 is a sleeve nut 2O provided with an oblong washer 21. The oblong washer 21 may be positioned to engage radiator columns that are close or far apart and when the sleeve nut 2O is tightened the washer 21 will `be wedged between and against the radiator column'walls to bind or clamp the radiator columns against the bracket 1.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the radiator wall hanger has many adjustments by which a radiator may be properly supported relativeto a wall or radiator connections and the number oi hangers employed depends upon the length and over- `and support 12 cut and `With the bracket 1 pressed from metal, by suitable dies or the like, the hanger can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my inall size of the radiator.

vention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as tall within the scope of the a'ppended claim.

W hat l claim is Means for supporting a radiator orv the like, comprising a bracket. having upper and lower horizontal walls, said bracket having a longitudinal slot meeting an opening in the lower horizontal wall of the bracket, a blade like radiator support extending through the slot of said bracket and having a rolled edge forming a barre-l behind said bracket, which barrel extends through the opening in the lower horizontal wall of said bracket, a suspension member carried by the upper horizontal bracket wall and extending into the barrel of said radiator support, the barrel or said radiator support having a slot therein, a nut in the slot oit' the barrel of said radiator support and engaging said suspension member to hold said radiator support relative thereto, and means carried by the upper end or said bracket to cooperate with said radiator support in holding a radiator.

ln testimony whereof l al'lix my signature in presence or two witnesses.

Joint w. Moo'nn.` i Witnesses ANNA M. Donn, KARL H. BUTLER. 

